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HENRY S. HALE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE HALE do KILBURN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,578, dated September 15, 1891.

' Application filed February 13,1890. Serial No. 340.335. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. HALE, of the city and county of Philadelphiafand State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to car-seats; and it consists of certain improvem ents-,which are fully set forth in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My improvements set out in thisapplication have particular reference to the car-seats employed in sleeping-cars, wherein the cushions of the two oppositely-facing seats are adjustable for the purpose of converting the two seats into a berth. A great difficulty which has heretofore existed in seats of this kind has been that the cushions when adj usted to form the berth were required to be substantially horizontal, and this necessitated in the constructions heretofore used that the said cushion should also be horizontal when moved back to its place for the occupancy of the passenger during the daytime. The seatcushions of the double seat of a sleeping-car forming a section preferably have their upper and lower surfaces made at an angle when employing my invention, because when the seat is put into position for the day-time and rests upon the upper horizontal part of Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a section of a sleeping-car in which the seats embody my invention. Fig.

2 is a perspective view illustrating a part of the main frame of the seat, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the seat-cushions slightly inclined upward.

A A are the two main frames forming the two seats, which face each other, constituting a section in a sleeping-car.

B B are the two seat-cushions and are movable so as to form the berth.

0 O are the seat-backs, and are supported in conjunction with the frames G G to form the other part of the berth or the back, as shown.

Heretofore the lower edge h of the seatcushions has remained horizontal and rested at all times upon the upper edge J of the main frame or upon the seat edge J and the rail H, the latter part being used during the nighttime. In such cases the upper surface of the cushion B remains horizontal both during the night-time and the day-time, and was therefore very objectionable during the daytime, and if an inclination was given to the upper surface, as indicated in the right-hand portion of the drawings, then when drawn out to form the berth the upper surface of said berth would be irregular and uncomfortable.

I11 carrying out myinvention I provide the main frame with projections K and the under and rear portion of the seat-cushion B with inclined projections E, which act in conjunction with the projections K, as shown in the various figures. are moved back during the day time, as shown in the right-hand portion of Fig. 1, the projections E are to the rear of the projections K, and the seat-cushion rests upon the horizontal surface or edge J of the main frame, and the incline of the upper surface of the seat-cushion is obtained for comfort. If the seat-cushion is now pulled out for use as a berth, as shown in the left-hand part of Fig. 1, the forward edge is sustained upon the crossn'ail H, and the projections E at the rear part of the cushion run upon the projec tions K and raise the rear end of the cushion high enough to bring it to the same level as the front edge of the cushion, thus giving to the upper surface of the cushion a horizontal position and making it meet the horizontal surface of the back 0 when extended as shown. By this means the seat-cushions may have all the advantages of an inclined seatduring the day-time and a horizontal mattress during the night-time. It is immaterial to my invention how the rear portion of the said seat B may be raised, as various devices WVhen the seat-cushions tion, and an intermediate support carried by? the rear of the removable seat-cushion and located out of line with the rear portion of the horizontal supporting-surface of the seatframe, whereby the upper edge of the seat is tilted, but adapted when the seat is drawn out to .rest upon the front portion of the seatframe and elevate the rear of the seat-cushion to bring the upper face thereof in a horizontal plane.

2. A removable seatcushion B, distinct and separate from its supporting-frame, having its front portion of greater thickness than its rear and carrying upon its under surface adjacent to the rear thereof and at a distance from the side edge an inclined projection 3. In a car-seat, the combination of a stationary-seat-frame having a horizontal guiding-surface provided with projections adjacent to its front portion, a movable seat-cushion adapted to be moved over said horizontal guiding-surface of the stationary seat-frame, having agreater thickness at its front than at its rear portion and provided upon its under surface with projections located out of line with the rear portion of the horizontal guiding-frame, but in line with the projec tions adjacent to the front portion thereof and adapted to rest upon said projections;

when the seat-cushion is moved forward, thereby elevating the rear portion'of the seatcushion and bringing the upper surface thereof in a horizontal plane.

4. In a railway-car seat, the combination of the main frames A A, of two facing car-seats having horizontal guiding-faces, the projections Kycarri-ed by the mainframes A A, adjacent to the horizontal guiding-faces thereof, the removable supporting-rails H, adapted to be arranged between the front edges of the frames A A, and the seat-cushions B B, sepa rate and removable from the frames A A, each having a greater thickness at its front than at its rear end, provided upon their under surfaces adjacent to the rear thereof with projections E. v

5. :In a car-seat, the combination of a fixed horizontal supporting-frame, a seat-cushion movable upon said horizontal supportingframe, having a greater depth at its front than at its rear portion, a support adjacent to said supporting-frame and a distance from the rear thereof, and a projection carried by the under surface of the seat-cushion, having a depth equal to the height of the rear end of the under surface of the seat-cushion above said support when the upper surface of the seat-cushion is on a level or horizontal plane, whereby said seat-cushion will have its front edge raised above its rear edge when the seatcushion is pushed back and will have its rear tilted so as to bring its upper surface on a level when it is drawn out.

In testimony of which invention 1 have hereunto set my hand.

HENRY S. HALE.

WVitnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, GEO. W. REED. 

